trey
See also: Trey
English
Etymology
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From Middle English treye, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three.
Pronunciation
- enPR: trā, IPA(key): /tɹeɪ/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: tray, trait (one pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
trey (plural treys)
- (card games, occasionally dice games) A playing card or die with the rank of three.
- 1674, Charles Cotton, The Compleat Gamester, London: R. Cutler, Chapter 6, p. 81,
- Before you begin the Game at Picket, you must throw out of the Pack the Deuces, Treys, Fours and Fives, and play with the rest of the Cards, which are in number thirty and six.
- 1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, Chapter 11,
- He had been a pretty good guy, straight as ace-deuce-trey-four-five, till he got on the force.
- 1982, Stephen King, The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands
- Davidson had caught a trey which did not seem to improve his hand, yet he threw three dollars into the pot.
- 1674, Charles Cotton, The Compleat Gamester, London: R. Cutler, Chapter 6, p. 81,
- (card games, dice games, dominoes) A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
- (US, Canada, basketball, informal, obsolete) A three-pointer.
- (Australia, informal) A three penny coin; a thrippence.
- (informal) The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
- The third branch of a deer's antler.
Coordinate terms
- (dice) ace, deuce, cater, cinque, sice
Related terms
- tray-trip
Translations
playing card
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score
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References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
Anagrams
- Tyer, Tyre, trye, tyer, tyre